Aloysius Chen Guodi Explained

Type:Bishop
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Term Start:10 May 1926
Term End:9 March 1930
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Predecessor:Position established
Successor:Francis Liu Jinwen
Aloysius Chen Guodi
Church:Cathedral in Fenyang
Archdiocese:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan
Diocese:Roman Catholic Diocese of Fenyang
Ordination:13 March 1903
Consecration:28 October 1926
Consecrated By:Pope Pius XI
Birth Date:7 November 1875
Birth Place:Changzhi, Shanxi, Qing Empire
Death Place:Fenyang, Shanxi, Republic of China
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Nationality:Chinese
Religion:Roman Catholic
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Aloysius Chen Guodi (; 7 November 1875 - 9 March 1930) was a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fenyang from 1926 to 1930 until his death.[1]

Biography

Chen was born in Changzhi, Shanxi, Qing Empire on November 7, 1875. He entered the Franciscans in 1896 in a village named Dong'ergou . He was ordained a priest on March 13, 1903. He then served as a missionary for nine years and then became secretary to two Italian bishops. In addition to teaching Latin and apologetics at the Taiyuan Priesthood Seminary, he led a Catholic middle school in the city. This was the only Catholic middle school in Shanxi at that time. He was appointed apostolic vicar by Fenyang on May 10, 1926, and was consecrated by Pope Pius XI on October 28, 1926. He was one of six Chinese bishops ordained over 200 years.[2] In May 1927 he went to Fenyang and died of lung disease there three years later.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Li Jingxi (Chinese: 李景玺) . http://www.catholicchurchinchina.org/html/report/14060593-5.htm . zh:从教会历史角度看中国天主教的本地化经历与成果 以及相关的经验与反思 . catholicchurchinchina.org . 18 June 2014 . 4 November 2019 . zh . 4 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191104112100/http://www.catholicchurchinchina.org/html/report/14060593-5.htm . dead .
  2. News: http://www.radiovaticana.va/cinesegb/churchistory/riccireligio/religio2.html . zh:六位国籍主教在罗马受祝圣六十周年 . radiovaticana.va . 2006 . 4 November 2019 . zh.